Week 5:

Due Tuesday, September 16: Read sections 4.1 and 4.2 and do the exercises. Hand in: problem 3 on pages 218, 219.

By the way: have you heard about the book Not Much, Just Chillin': The Hidden Lives of Middle Schoolers by Linda Perlstein. Perlstein discusses the time she spent observing 6th, 7th and 8th graders in a school in Columbia, Md., and the ways in which they handle adolescence and the issues that come with it.

Thursday, September 18: Read sections 4.3 and 4.4 and do the exercises. Hand in: problem 9 on page 220 (in section 4.1).

Week 6:

Due Tuesday, September 23: Read sections 4.5 and 4.6 and do the exercises. Hand in: problems 1 and 3 on pages 241, 242.

Due Thursday, September 25: Study for the test on Tuesday. The test will consist of problems similar to the following problems:

• chapter 2 problems,
• chapter 3 problems problems 7 - 27 only;
• section 4.1 - 4.8 problems problems 1 - 42 only.